Parenthood and Open Adoption: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Parenthood and Open Adoption: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Palgrave Macmillan UK | Social Sciences | August 06, 2016 | ISBN-10: 1137576448 | 142 pages | pdf | 1.45 mb
Palgrave Macmillan UK | Social Sciences | August 06, 2016 | ISBN-10: 1137576448 | 142 pages | pdf | 1.45 mb
Authors: MacDonald, Mandi
Identifies two aspects of open adoption that have received little attention in previous research: public openness, and the practices involved in configuring adoptive kinship
Seeks to ameliorate the stigma of open adoption and re-assess its cultural value and impact
Includes original interviews which share parents’ personal experiences of open adoption
This book explores what it is like to be involved in contemporary open adoption, characterised by varying forms of contact with birth relatives, from an adoptive parent point of view.
The author’s fine-grained interpretative phenomenological analysis of adopters’ accounts reveals the complexity of kinship for those whose most significant relationships are made, unmade and permanently altered through adoption. MacDonald distinctively connects adoption to wider sociological theories of relatedness and personal life, and focuses on domestic non-kin adoption of children from state care, including compulsory adoption. The book also addresses current child welfare concerns, and suggestions are made for adoption practice. The book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in adoption, social work, child welfare, foster care, family and sociology.
Topics
Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging
Children, Youth and Family Policy
Child Well-being
Social Work
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